Alberta, Canada: 2021/2022 Covid Cases

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Alberta reports 296 COVID-19 cases, 4.6 per cent positivity rate
Adam Lachacz
CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Digital Journalist
Published Thursday, June 3, 2021 10:54AM MDT Last Updated Thursday, June 3, 2021 4:21PM MDT

EDMONTON -- Alberta reported another 296 new cases of COVID-19 after completing approximately 6,800 tests.

The numbers were reported in a live update given by Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the chief medical officer of health for the province, on Thursday.

Hospitalizations continue to decline with a total of 411 people in hospital and 120 in ICU.

Five new deaths were reported Thursday, including four in the Edmonton zone. Two men, one in their 70s and the other in their 80s with comorbidities, died from COVID-19. Two women, one in their 50s with comorbidities and the other in their 70s with no comorbidities, also died.

One death in the Calgary zone was reported: a man in his 80s with comorbidities.

Approximately 305 variant of concern cases, including infections from previous days, were identified.

Hinshaw said the lower amounts of cases being identified has allowed variant screening for every case of COVID-19 to resume after the province halted this process in May...

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Alberta reports 410 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday
Anna Junker
Publishing date:
Jun 02, 2021 • 12 minutes ago

Alberta reported 410 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, nearly doubling the number of new cases from the previous day.

Over the last 24 hours, 8,315 COVID-19 tests were completed, for a positivity rate of 4.9 per cent. On Tuesday, 209 new cases had been reported with a positivity rate of 5.1 per cent.

Currently, Alberta has 6,305 active cases of COVID-19, a decrease of 466 from Tuesday.

There are 435 people hospitalized with the virus, a decrease of three. Of those, 122 are in intensive care units, a decrease of five.

Four more deaths from COVID-19 have been reported, raising the provincial death toll to 2,231...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...ovid-1.6048334

Alberta moves up timeline to give 2nd doses of COVID-19 vaccine, Kenney says
People vaccinated in March can book starting Tuesday
CBC News · Posted: Jun 01, 2021 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Alberta reached a turning point in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout on Tuesday, announcing that everyone who has currently received a first dose will be able to begin booking second shots between now and the end of June, Premier Jason Kenney announced.

People who got their first shot in March can book their second starting Tuesday afternoon, Kenney said. Those vaccinated in April can book second doses starting on June 14, while people who got their shot in May can book starting June 28.

"All Albertans with their first dose will be second-dose eligible by the end of June. And this is fantastic. It's also a big part of why the Open for Summer plan, we are confident, will work," Kenney said.

In March, Alberta joined other Canadian provinces in delaying second doses up to four months, based on the guidelines of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI).

In Alberta, 63.4 per cent of people 12 and older have already been vaccinated with one or both doses.

Alberta reported 209 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday along with one new death. The province's test positivity rate was at 5.1 per cent.

Kenney put Tuesday's numbers in contrast with the height of the third wave three weeks ago.

Active cases are down to 6,771, a drop of 73 per cent. There were 438 people in hospital as of Tuesday, a drop of nearly 300 compared to May 11...

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-...arts-1.5450448

Alberta reports 263 COVID-19 cases a day before Stage 1 starts
CTV News Edmonton
Published Monday, May 31, 2021 4:34PM MDT Last Updated Monday, May 31, 2021 4:47PM MDT


EDMONTON -- Alberta reported 263 new cases on Monday as the province readied to enter Stage 1 of its reopening plan the next day.

There are now 7,646 active cases in the province.

The number of COVID-19 patients in Alberta hospitals continued a downward trend with 439 receiving care, including 133 in intensive care units.

More than 62 per cent of Albertans aged 12 and up have had at least a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine...

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Source: https://dailyhive.com/edmonton/alber...9-cases-may-28

Alberta reports 512 new COVID-19 cases, 60% of population vaccinated
Elle McLean
May 28 2021, 3:42 pm

There were 512 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Alberta on Friday, a difference of only one case from Thursday’s count of 513 infections.

Also on Friday, the provincial government announced that over 60% of eligible Albertans have now received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

This means that, as long as hospitalizations are below 500 and trending downwards, Alberta could move into Stage 2 of its Open for Summer Plan on June 10 and begin easing more public health restrictions...

...With Friday’s count of 512 new COVID-19 cases, there are now 9,277 active infections in Alberta. This marks the first time that the number of active cases has been below 10,000 since April 2.

There are currently 517 Albertans in hospital due to the virus, including 147 in intensive care. While this remains above the “500 hospitalizations and declining” benchmark to move into Stage 2 of the province’s Open for Summer Plan, it is a decrease of 21 people since Thursday.

There were seven new COVID-19-related deaths reported over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 2,206...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...erta-1.6042371

Alberta reports 513 new cases of COVID-19, one more death
Reopening plan is based in the science of vaccines, says Premier Jason Kenney
CBC News · Posted: May 27, 2021 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

Alberta reported 513 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and one more death from the illness.

Across the province, there were 10,017 actives cases, with 538 patients being treated in hospitals, including 150 in ICU beds.

Alberta has administered more than 2.5 million doses of vaccine. It has reported one fatality and tracked 385 "adverse events" experienced by people who got injections, Premier Jason Kenney said Thursday at a news conference.

On Wednesday, Kenney's government announced a three-step plan that could see almost all public health restrictions lifted by July, as long as people continue to get vaccinated...

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/covid-19...open-1.5443962

COVID-19 in Alberta: 390 new cases, hospitalizations continue to fall as province readies to reopen
CTV News Edmonton
Published Wednesday, May 26, 2021 4:08PM MDT

EDMONTON -- Alberta added fewer than 500 new cases of COVID-19 for a third straight day as the province reported 390 new infections Tuesday.

Six more Albertans, ranging in age from their 40s to 80s, were also reported to have died Wednesday. There have now been 2,198 deaths due to COVID-19 in Alberta since the start of the pandemic.

Active cases fell for a 16th straight day, down to 10,953, about where the active case count was in early April.

There are 548 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, including 157 in intensive care units. Both of those numbers have fallen over the past week...

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Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-updat...axed-1.5441570

COVID-19 update: B.C. adds 289 cases as several restrictions relaxed
Andrew Weichel
Reporter and senior producer, CTVNewsVancouver.ca
Published Tuesday, May 25, 2021 6:49AM PDT Last Updated Tuesday, May 25, 2021 4:11PM PDT

VANCOUVER -- British Columbia reported 289 new cases of COVID-19 and one related death on Tuesday, as the government unveiled its restart plan for relaxing restrictions.

The province has now recorded a total of 142,636 infections and 1,680 fatalities since the start of the pandemic.

"Our condolences are with the family, friends and caregivers of the people who have died as a result of COVID-19," provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said in a joint written statement.

The latest update saw B.C.'s active case count and seven-day average continue their weeks-long decline. The active caseload now sits at 3,782, while the average has dropped to 365 – the lowest it's been since Nov. 5.

Officials cited that progress as the reason they were able to loosen several of the COVID-19 rules that have been in place for weeks if not months. But Henry and Dix stressed that continuing to relax the restrictions will depend on B.C. maintaining that progress...

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-...sday-1.5441847

Alberta reports 387 COVID-19 cases, Kenney to give 'opening for summer' update Wednesday
CTV News Edmonton
Published Tuesday, May 25, 2021 11:00AM MDT Last Updated Tuesday, May 25, 2021 5:00PM MDT

EDMONTON -- Alberta added fewer than 500 new cases of COVID-19 for a second straight day as the province reported 387 new infections Tuesday.

Nine more Albertans, ranging in age from their 40s to 80s, were also reported to have died Tuesday. There have now been 2,192 deaths due to COVID-19 in Alberta since the start of the pandemic.

Active cases fell for a 15th straight day, down to 12,078, about where the active case count was near the end of the first week of April.

There are 565 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, including 158 in intensive care units.

The province reported a 9.85 per cent test positivity Tuesday based on 3,998 tests.

"The numbers show that our collective efforts are making a difference," Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said...

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7889414/a...e-may-24-2021/


Alberta reports 452 new COVID-19 cases, 7 additional deaths Monday
By Caley Ramsay Global News
Posted May 24, 2021 6:10 pm

Alberta identified 452 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as well as seven additional deaths from the disease.

Active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta now sit at 13,608.

There are 569 people in hospital with COVID-19, 161 of whom are being treated in intensive care. Hospitalizations have decreased slightly from Sunday when a total of 581 people were being treated, 162 of whom in the ICU.

The new cases Monday came after 5,085 tests were completed, putting the province’s positivity rate at about 8.8 per cent.

All of the deaths reported to Alberta Health in the last 24 hours included comorbidities...

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7888008/a...9-may-23-2021/

Alberta Health reports 563 new COVID-19 cases, 6 more deaths on Sunday
By Slav Kornik Global News
Posted May 23, 2021 6:49 pm

Alberta confirmed 563 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths from the disease on Sunday.

The deaths included five people from the Calgary zone: Two women in their 70s, a woman in her 80s, a man in his 70s and a man in his 50s. All of the cases included comorbidities except the man in his 50s.

The sixth death was a woman in her 70s in the Edmonton zone whose case included comorbidities.

The province identified 273 new variant cases on Sunday.

Alberta Health reported a slight decline in the number of Albertans in hospital and intensive care as a result of the virus from the previous day, with 581 people in hospital and 162 of them in ICU Sunday.

Alberta has 14,533 active cases, 207,486 recoveries and 2,176 deaths.

As of Sunday, the Calgary zone has 6,360 active cases, the Edmonton zone has 3,562, the North zone has 2,278, the Central zone has 1,573 and the South zone has 753. There are seven cases in unknown zones.

The positivity rate was eight per cent and 6,944 tests were performed over the previous 24 hours, according to Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw...

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Source: https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news...es-six-deaths/

Alberta identifies 621 new COVID-19 cases, six deaths
Sean McIntosh May. 22, 2021 3:40 p.m.Local NewsNews

The Government of Alberta identified 621 new COVID-19 cases and completed 9,500 tests over the past 24 hours.

There are now 15,502 active cases in the province, to go along with the 205,960 recovered cases, the government said Saturday.

An additional six deaths were reported Saturday as well, bringing the provincial death toll to 2,170...

...Provincially, 617 people are currently hospitalized by COVID-19, with 164 of those individual in an intensive care unit. In the central zone, 56 are hospitalized ? 10 of those individuals are in an ICU.

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Source: https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2021/05...y-rate-of-7-2/

Alberta identifies 732 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate of 7.2%
by Josh Ritchie
Posted May 21, 2021 3:48 pm MDT
Last Updated May 21, 2021 at 4:21 pm MDT

CALGARY ? Alberta identified 732 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.

The new cases numbers coming after more than 10,000 tests were completed, giving the province a positivity rate of 7.2 per cent over the last day.

Currently, there are 16,577 active cases in Alberta, a significant decrease of 1,098 cases from Thursday.

Hospitalizations also trended downwards, with 638 people in hospital, a 27 person decrease from the day prior.

ICU admissions held steady at 177.

Two additional deaths were confirmed on Friday...

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/covid-19...fall-1.5436492

COVID-19 in Alberta: 812 new cases as hospitalizations and ICU numbers fall
CTV News Edmonton
Published Thursday, May 20, 2021 11:16AM MDT Last Updated Thursday, May 20, 2021 4:11PM MDT

EDMONTON -- Alberta added 812 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday while the number of patients in hospitals and intensive care units fell slightly.

It's the fourth straight day the province has added fewer than a thousand daily new cases.

There are now 665 Albertans in hospitals, and a total of 177 in ICUs. The province had set record high ICU patient counts both of the past two days.

Hospitalizations had surpassed 700 as recently as a week ago.

Four more deaths were reported Thursday, including that of an Edmonton-area man in his 40s. There have now been 2,162 deaths due to COVID-19 in Alberta since the start of the pandemic...